It is recognized that people have a right to and should be ensured an
environment free from excessive sound and vibration that may jeopardize their
health or safety or degrade the quality of life. This chapter is enacted to
protect, preserve and promote the health, safety, welfare and quality of life
for the citizens of Mansfield through the reduction, control and prevention
of noise.

All commercial zones, including PO-1, PO-3, NB-1, NB-2, 11, PB-1,
PB-2, PB-3, PB-4 and PB-5, as defined in the Zoning Regulations of the Town
of Mansfield, or all lots where existing nonconforming commercial uses exist.

Any and all physical activity at a site necessary or incidental to
the erection, placement, demolition, assembling, altering, blasting, cleaning,
repairing, installing or equipping of buildings or other structures, public
or private highways, roads, premises, parks, utility lines or other property
and shall include, but not be limited to, land clearing, grading, excavating,
filling and paving.

The hours between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., Sunday evening through
Saturday morning, and between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. Saturday evening through
Sunday morning, and the eve of federal and state holidays through the following
morning.

An individual unit of land or a group of contiguous parcels under
the same ownership as indicated by public records and, as relates to noise
emitters, includes contiguous publicly dedicated street and highway rights-of-way,
railroad rights of way and waters of the state.

A use of a building or land, or both, which does not conform to the
applicable use regulations of the zoning regulations of the Town of Mansfield,
either on its effective date or as a result of subsequent amendments thereof.

That real or imaginary line along the ground surface and its vertical
extension which separates real property owned or controlled by any person
from continuous real property owned or controlled by another person and separates
real property from the public right-of-way.

All engine- or motor-powered tools and equipment used in the repair
and upkeep of exterior property and including, but not limited to, lawn mowers,
riding tractors, wood chippers, power saws and leaf blowers.

All residential zones, including RAR-90, RAR-40, R-40, R-20, RAR-40MF,
DMR and PRD, as defined by the zoning regulations of the Town of Mansfield,
or all lots where existing nonconforming residential uses exist.

A transmission of energy through solid, liquid or gaseous media in
the form of vibrations which constitute alterations in pressure or position
of the particles in the medium and which, in air, evoke physiological sensations,
including but not limited to an auditory response when impinged on the ear.

In those individual cases where the background noise
levels exceed the standards contained herein, a source shall be considered
to cause excessive noise if the noise emitted by source exceeds the background
noise levels by 5 dBA, provided that no source subject to the provisions of
this chapter shall emit noise in excess of 80 dBA at anytime, and provided
that this section does not decrease the permissible levels of other sections
of this chapter.

All motor vehicles operated within the limits of the
Town of Mansfield shall be subject to the noise standards and decibel levels
as found in Title 14, Section 14-80a of the Connecticut General Statutes,
as amended from time to time.

Truck idling. No person shall operate any standing motor
vehicle with a weight in excess of 10,000 pounds, manufacturer's gross
vehicle weight (GVW), for a period in excess of 10 minutes when such vehicle
is parked on or next to a residential premise.

During the daytime, any person violating any portion
of this chapter shall receive a verbal order to cease or abate the noise immediately.
If the order to cease or abate the noise is not complied with, or is complied
with and then violated again within 30 days, the person or persons responsible
for the noise shall be charged with a violation of this chapter.

Any person residing or doing business in Mansfield may
apply to the Town Manager for a variance from one or more of the provisions
of this chapter which are more stringent than the Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protections regulations for the control of noise, provided that
the applicant supplies all of the following information to the Town Manager:

The application for variance shall be reviewed and either
approved or rejected within 15 days of receipt by the Town Manager. The approval
or rejection shall be in writing and shall state the condition(s) of approval,
if any, or the reasons for rejection.